Saltpond (C/R), Dec. 1, GNA - The Saltpond Methodist Senior High School has banned the wearing of the dressing mode popularly called "Otto Pfister" in and outside school.

The Otto Pfister dressing is to adjust the pair of shorts or the trousers below the hips to expose the underwear. The Rev. Paa Solomon Grant-Essilfie, Headmaster of the School who announced the ban at a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) meeting at Saltpond on Thursday admonished parents to advise their children since anyone caught in that type of dressing, even outside school premises would be sanctioned.

Rev. Grant-Essilfie announced improvement in the school's performance in the West African Senior Schools Examinations (WASSE) this year over that of last year.

He said the students scored 100 per cent in seven subjects as against three in 2007, and 99 per cent in four subjects, including English, as against one last year.

Rev Grant-Essilfie said the school excelled in a drama festival dubbed; Studrafest organized by the Centre for National Culture for 20 Senior High Schools in Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions by collecting three out of the seven prizes at stake. The festival was organized in memory of Professor Joe De Graft, a renowned Ghanaian playwright, as a measure to promote drama in schools. Rev Peter Sackey, a Bishop of the Methodist Church was elected the new Chairman of the PTA to replace Alhaji Kwesi Acquah and his executives who had served a mandatory six-year term. In the acceptance speech on behalf of the new executives Bishop Sackey assured the old executives that they would complete on-going projects they had initiated.

The new Chairman appealed to parents who had problems with any member of the staff to first report it to the PTA executives for redress instead of confronting the staff. He commended the outgoing executives for a good work done.